By Kosaku Narioka
TOKYO--Japanese stocks rose to a 15-year high on an intraday basis Thursday morning as investors take a renewed interest in companies that have shifted their focus back to growth and efficiency.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
China banks slide after analyst downgrades
Japan stocks extended gains Thursday, rising the most in three weeks and taking a cue from Wall Street gains as oil prices continued to firm up.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Sydney stocks retreat as unemployment rate rises sharply
Japan stocks rallied Thursday to their highest settlement in more than seven years after returning from a one-day holiday, as a weaker yen supported many export-related shares.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Shanghai stocks decline despite China's latest easing
Japan stocks retreated on Thursday, as concerns mounted over Greece's debt talks with its creditors after the European Central Bank said it would no longer accept Greek sovereign bonds as collateral.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Shanghai stocks buck the trend and extend losses
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan stocks gained further on Wednesday to a fresh one-month high, as the yen weakened versus the greenback ahead of the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the day.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Shanghai stocks buck the weak regional trend
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan stocks continued to slide on Tuesday, falling to their lowest settlement in more than six weeks, as the yen headed higher against the greenback.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Most Asian markets gain, while Sydney shares retreat
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks resumed their winning ways on Thursday, rising to a fresh 15-year high after breaking a five-session winning streak in the previous session.

Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the leader in application performance
infrastructure, today announced that Senko Co., Ltd, a leading provider
of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) solutions, is using Riverbed
Application Performance solutions to improve its Groupware
implementation – a key component of enterprise-wide, information-sharing
and collaboration for the company.

YuMe, Inc. (NYSE:YUME), a leading provider of digital video brand
advertising solutions, and D.A.Consortium (DAC, JASDAQ:4281), the
largest digital media representative in Japan and a subsidiary of
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc., today announce a new platform partnership to
license YuMe For Publishers (YFP) to enable DAC to build private ad
marketplaces across multiple devices in Japan.

By Atsuko Fukase and Eric Pfanner
TOKYO--With two big international acquisitions in two days, Japanese freight shipping and parcel delivery companies are pushing overseas in an effort to challenge the European and U.S. giants that dominate the business.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Hong Kong climb, catching up with China easing reports
Japan stocks reversed gains and ended modestly lower on Monday, following reports that a Japanese man may have been infected with the Ebola virus.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Chinese stocks recover as China's GDP growth edges past forecasts
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks made their biggest gain in a month on Tuesday, and Chinese stocks bounced back from a selloff, after data showed China's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Shanghai stocks rise to highest level in more than five yeras
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks pulled back on Monday as investors worried about Greece remaining in the eurozone after an anti-austerity party won Sunday's election.

By Laura He, MarketWatch
Chinese stocks fall on another round of margin-trade crackdown
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks fell Thursday, as investors worried about disappointing corporate earnings and as they absorbed signs the U.S. Federal Reserve is sticking to its timing on an increase in interest rates.

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